Terry Austin

Terry Kevin Austin (born August 23, 1952) is an American comic book creator working primarily as an inker.

Early life and career Austin grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Wayne State University. Austin came to prominence in 1976–1977, inking Marshall Rogers' pencils on a celebrated run of Batman stories for DC Comics' Detective Comics collaborating with writer Steve Englehart. During this same period, Austin inked Michael Netzer (Nasser) on DC's Martian Manhunter in Adventure Comics and Green Arrow/Black Canary in World's Finest Comics, as well as Al Milgrom on Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel. He later teamed with Rogers again on Marvel's Doctor Strange. Austin's inks on John Byrne's pencils, from Uncanny X-Men #141 (Jan. 1981), p. 12.

X-Men In 1977, Austin and penciler John Byrne became the new art team on Uncanny X-Men. With writer Chris Claremont they produced a series of stories — particularly "The Dark Phoenix Saga" — which elevated the title into the top-selling American comic book. Austin was given the Eagle Award for Favourite Inker three times during this period.

Post-X-Men Austin left Uncanny X-Men in 1981 and has since worked on a variety of titles for both Marvel and DC, including Doctor Strange (over Paul Smith and Dan Green pencils), Superman vol. 2 (over Byrne), Justice League (over Kevin Maguire) and Green Lantern (over Darryl Banks). Superman #400 (Oct. 1984), and Batman #400 (Oct. 1986). He was the regular inker of DC's Superman Adventures for nearly six years, from 1996–2002. His inking work since 2002 has included over fifteen years of inking the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series for Archie Comics, which he continued until the series was cancelled in 2017. and Rob Liefeld.

Writing and penciling Austin has also worked as a writer, primarily for Marvel's X-Men titles and a run on Cloak and Dagger.

His rare penciling jobs can be seen on the covers of Uncanny X-Men #123, #142 and Annual #3 (with Frank Miller), as well as his self-published book, Austin Art: 60 Pages of Drawings by Terry Austin (2003).

Personal life Austin resides near Poughkeepsie, New York, where he plays volleyball and gets together often with fellow comics veteran Fred Hembeck. Austin's affection for the comic strip character Popeye is well-established,

Awards Austin's work has gained him frequent and notable recognition over the years, including multiple Eagle Awards for best inker, an Inkpot Award, multiple Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for Favorite Inker, and the Inkwell Awards 2008 "Favorite Inker (Retro) Award" and the 2009 "Joe Sinnott Award".